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ROCHESTER -- Holy Rosary Credit Union (HRCU) and Bernier Insurance recently donated more than 15 boxes of non-perishable food and personal care items from its annual food drive to the Homeless Center for Strafford County.
HRCU hosted the month long food drive at all of its branch locations, where shopping carts were filled with donations from staff and members. Additionally, HRCU donated $250 cash along with gift cards to Hannaford ($250) and Wal-Mart ($100). The efforts of the two organizations helped produce one of the largest donations to the shelter in recent memory.
"We take great pride in assisting the surrounding communities – especially around the holidays," HRCU President and CEO, Brian Hughes said. "The Homeless Center has helped change the lives of so many individuals and we are glad to be a part of something that makes such an impact."
The Homeless Center for Strafford County, which has served hundreds of homeless families in the Strafford County area for over a decade, is a volunteer based organization providing services for homeless women and families during the winter months of the year. The shelter has been extremely successful in assisting over 80 percent of its homeless residents in obtaining either transitional or permanent housing.
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The U.S. Air Force is planning to launch two new and previously classified space situational awareness satellites into geosynchronous orbit this year, according to Gen. William Shelton, who leads Air Force Space Command.
The spacecraft were developed covertly by the Air Force and Orbital Sciences under the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSAP), according to service officials.
"One cheap shot" against Sbirs or AEHF would be "devastating" to the Pentagon's capabilities, Shelton said of a potential anti-satellite attack.
The two GSAP satellites will "drift" above and below the GEO belt, using electro-optical sensors to collect information on satellites and other objects in that region, Shelton said. They will be maneuverable, allowing them to be "tasked," much like reconnaissance aircraft, to collect intelligence on specific targets, he said. The satellites will provide "accurate tracking and characterization" of satellites, according to an Air Force fact sheet released after Shelton's speech here.
The very fact that the Air Force has developed and is deploying such a capability underscores concerns from government officials about the vulnerability of satellites that have become interwoven in government operations at all levels. The GPS constellation is already easily jammable because its signal is relatively weak, but officials worry about more widespread jamming as well as kinetic attacks.
Shelton declined to say how much the satellites cost or how long they took to design and fabricate. However, they are small enough that two of them will be launched together this year on a Delta IV from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Declassification was cleared by authorities in the U.S. government, in part to provide a deterrent effect to adversaries seeking to conduct hostile activities in space, according to a defense official. Also, the White House has said it will provide transparency as part of its space policy. Activities, especially of a maneuverable satellite in geosynchronous orbit, are detectable by allies and adversaries. Thus, releasing at least minimal information is a nod toward transparency and, potentially, aimed at quelling concerns that the capability will be viewed as offensive, the defense official said.
GSAP is, however, likely to be viewed by Russia and China as potentially hostile and could ignite a global debate about appropriate uses of space for military purposes.
The satellites could carry other payloads — such as radio-frequency sensors or jammers — that have not been disclosed.
GSAP is one element of the Air Force's growing family of space situational awareness systems. Also in medium Earth orbit is the Space-Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite built by a Boeing/Ball Aerospace team and launched in 2010. Carrying an agile, slewable electro-optical sensor, SBSS was designed to look up into GEO from a lower orbit; the distances, however, likely prevent high-fidelity imagery.
The emergence of the GSAP program likely explains why the Air Force was holding off on a SBSS follow-on, which was called for by Boeing and Ball Aerospace. It is likely the GSAP satellites provide more flexibility and higher-fidelity data than SBSS, though officials haven't compared their capabilities publicly.
GSAP "will have a clear, unobstructed and distinct vantage point for viewing resident space objects orbiting Earth in a near-geosynchronous orbit without the disruption of weather or atmosphere that can limit ground-based systems," the fact sheet says. "Data from the GEO SSA system will uniquely contribute to timely and accurate orbital predictions, enhancing our knowledge of the geosynchronous orbit environment, and further enabling space flight safety to include satellite collision avoidance."
The service also is expected to announce a manufacturer soon to build a new Space Fence site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific. And a C-band radar and electro-optical telescope designed for SSA and now located in the United States will be moved to Australia to provide better coverage of the Southern hemisphere, where launches from China travel to orbit.
The GSAP satellites will be operated by the 50th Space Wing at Shriever AFB, Colo. (Aviation Week)

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My Review:
In Like Father, Like Son, Pete Alwinson explores how vital the role of fathers have on their children. He shared the dangers of fathers not connecting and engaging with their sons and how they left a whole void inside their hearts. Pete shared one story about how a young boy was forever changed when his mother told him the harsh truth that he was conceived in an affair and his father stated that he didn't want anything to do with "it". This hurt the young boy and affected his entire life. He suffered from nightmares until he dug into scriptures. He was changed by believing that he was loved by His Heavenly Father. Pete explained how God becomes our Father and how we need to find our identity in Christ. God designed us in His image and He calls us His children and He declared that we are loved.
I would recommend this life changing book to any men especially to those who didn't have a very affection father and they are ready to seek their Heavenly Father. This book taught me a lot about my identity in Christ and how God has blessed us with every spiritual blessings. God has already forgiven us for all our sins and He sent His only Son to die where we could one day live forever with our loving Creator. This also means we don't have to live with a performance based mindset. We don't have to live from approval from others, because God has already accepted us. This book has the potential to change reader's lives and help them to know their Heavenly Father.
"I received a review copy of Like Father, Like Son from Litfuse for this review."
Like Father, Like Son
by Pete Alwinson
Men's Nonfiction
New Growth Press
Call it machismo, masculinity, or manliness---it can never anchor a man's life, shape his identity, or repair what is broken in his relationship with his earthly father. Key Life men's ministry expert Pete Alwinson shows convincingly how a growing relationship with our heavenly Father gives a man real purpose as a son, father, brother, or friend.
If you don't know what it means to be a "real man," there are approximately 2,341 books that will tell you how. But Like Father, Like Son is a refreshing message of grace amongst the voices encouraging men to "just do it" or pull themselves up by their bootstraps. By focusing men on their biblical, core identity---being sons of the Father by grace---Like Father, Like Son channels the thirst for adventure and freedom into a radical exploration of grace. Filled with stories collected from the author's forty years of men's ministry, Like Father, Like Son is sure to connect with and encourage men where they really live.
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JR Advent Winner - December 3rd 2018.
IAMSNOWMAN posted news in Website NewsHello and Good evening once again fellow JR Members! That time has come, has come again. To conclude our 3rd day of the JR Advent event I would like to give a jingle or two for our winner @MarcusFaren Congratulations! I can confirm that you've won a copy of " 7 Days to Die " which can be redeemed on Steam. I've also sent you a message to confirm this. Thanks again for joining us here at JR and hopefully you enjoy your gift.
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IAMSNOWMAN posted news in Website NewsGood evening JR Members. The time for giving has come again and as a result of this years advent event here at JR, we're now 2 day''s in and what does that mean you may be asking?.... Well good ole frosty clause tell you just what that means! If you haven't guessed already it means we have two prizes ready to place under the lucky winners trees this year. Prize number 1 ( 2x Overwatch loot boxes) goes too @Snowball - Congratulations Snowball, i hope you enjoy your gifts and get something great in your boxes Prize number 2 = Dead space (steam or origin redeemable) - Goes too @SLABJACK Congratulations Slabjack!, Grab your blanket, a warm beverage and your prefferred weapon of choice as it's going to be a night of terror for you! Off to a great start this December and remember, gifts will be provided each day up until the 25th of December here at JR so stay tuned, you may find that your name is called next.


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More than 70 West Springfield High students who have maintained at least a 3.4 grade point average in their history classes were inducted into the History Honor Society at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. West Springfield history teacher Jim Percoco, author of "A Passion for the Past, was the guest speaker.
Teenagers from a dozen local high will wrap thousands of packages this holiday season at Fair Oaks Shopping Center to raise funds for the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA), a marketing organization for students. Located on the lower level near Lord & Taylor, students at the Holiday Gift Wrap Center charge a nominal fee for wrapping packages through Dec. 24. All proceeds benefit the Fairfax County Public Schools' DECA program. Funds earned this year will help to send students to a national marketing competition in Orlando, Fla.
Holiday Gift Store will be open Nov. 29-Dec. 30, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m. Sundays, 3 to 7 p.m., Dec. 6,13,16-20, 6693-B Springfield Mall, Springfield. Marketing students in Fairfax County Public Schools' Classroom-on-the-Mall program will sponsor "Santa's Little Helpers," a store for shoppers age 3-12. Call 703-971-3289.
The MOMS Club of Burke is sponsoring a Pre-school Fair as a service to parents in the community. It is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 9, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Burke Volunteer Fire Department Meeting Hall, 9501 Old Burke Lake Road in Burke. The fair is free and is open to the public. Over 20 Burke and surrounding area preschools are planning to attend. Parents are invited to come and gather information about preschools in the area and talk with all of the attending preschool directors all in one location. For more information, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or call 866-841-9139, ext.1581.
Long & Foster Real Estate is offering a $125,000 Scholarship Program for well-rounded graduating high school seniors entering an accredited four-year college or university. All applications must be received by the deadline date of March 3, 2003, in order for the selection committee, comprised of local members of academia, to select the final scholarship winners by Spring 2003.
The Long & Foster Scholarship Program will award $1,000 to each of 125 worthy recipients throughout the region for the 2003-2004 academic year. The monetary scholarship award will be made payable directly to the college or university in the student's name. Once the winners have been selected the scholarships will be awarded beginning May 1, 2003. Applications for the Long & Foster Scholarship Program can be obtained from any of Long & Foster's 200 residential sales offices located throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, from high school guidance counselors, via Long & Foster's Web Site at www.longandfoster.com/scholarship or by calling 1-703-359-1750 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.).
A hard copy of the application and the required attachments must be mailed to Long & Foster Corporate Headquarters by March 3, 2003 at the following address: Long & Foster Scholarship Program, c/o Corporate Marketing Department, Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., 11351 Random Hills Road, Fairfax, VA 22030-6082, Attn.: Colleen Park.
The City of Fairfax Band is offering a $2,000 scholarship to the winner of its 2003 Young Artists Competition. All Northern Virgnia high school juniors and seniors are eligible. The recipient also will make a special guest appearance with the City of Fairfax Band featuring guest conductor David Holsinger on Saturday, March 22, 2003. This year's scholarship is underwritten by Mr. and Mrs. Newt Gingrich. Rules and applications can be obtained at: City of Fairfax Band, Young Artists Competition, P.O. Box 1306, Fairfax, VA 22030-1306. Telephone 703-757-0220.


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MATH 251W Foundations of Advanced Mathematics (1)
This course is intended as the first course after calculus for those students intending to major or minor in mathematics. It provides an introduction to logic and the methods of proof commonly used in mathematics. Applications covered in the course are the foundations of set theory, the real number system, elementary number theory and other basic areas of mathematics.
- General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Writing-centered; Mathematical Sciences
- Prerequisite: AP Calculus credit, MATH 152, or consent of instructor
- Offering: Every semester
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Angelina Jolie is speaking out for the first time about her much-buzzed about pose at this year's Academy Awards.
The 36-year-old actress showed some leg in an Atelier Versace gown both on the red carpet and on stage at the Oscars – a move that led to her right leg even getting its own Twitter page!
"I honestly didn't pay attention to it. You know what I mean? I don't watch those TV shows and if I go online and see something about myself, I don't click on it," Angelina told The Huffington Post.
"And the people I surround myself with don't really talk about that kind of stuff," she added with a laugh. "I heard something, but I didn't pay any attention. It's as simple as a being a woman picking a dress you like and having a night, and not really thinking about anything else."
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Europe Cruise
About Europe Cruises
A Europe cruise lets you explore innumerable treasures from Scandinavia's midsummer nights to the sundrenched beaches of the Mediterranean. Stroll through the quaint villages that dot the coastline and learn about their rich history and culture. Discover ancient ruins and gain a better perspective about Europe's past and how it has influenced its present. Visit sophisticated cities such as London, Stockholm, Nice and Rome and enjoy shopping in some of Europe's chicest shops. Enjoy incredible works of art in some of the world's finest museums or take a moment to relax at an outdoor cafe.
Marvel at the ancient architecture that surrounds you in every port. Explore the Acropolis and the Parthenon in Athens. Stand in the middle of the Coliseum in Rome and explore grand palaces from St. Petersburg to Venice and beyond. Sample wines from the vineyards along the many European rivers and find incredible bargains in local markets throughout Europe. When at sea you can relax as you sail past beautiful fjords, brilliant landscapes and quaint villages.
Cruises to Europe range from 2 to more than 29 days with departures that leave from over 20 ports. Call now or book online to receive discounts, onboard credits, upgrades and more on your next Baltic, Scandinavia or Northern European cruise.
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European culture and history goes back for many centuries. Your Europe cruise adventure will take you to a variety of ports that highlight Europe's history, both ancient and modern. Home to almost fifty countries, Europe is a blend of many different cultures. The unique traditions, cuisines, and architectural styles are evident as you visit the different regions.
The landscapes seen on a Europe cruise are breathtaking. Witness the dramatic fjords in Scandinavia complete with dramatic waterfalls and glacier carved mountains. Sail past the sun-drenched islands in Greece and the southern Mediterranean. Relax on board while watching colorful villages and impressive cityscapes. The incredible natural beauty of Europe is a backdrop that is simply magical.
A Europe cruise will take you past brilliant landscapes, quaint towns and colorful fishing villages dotting the countryside. Other highlights include the magnificent cities that you visit. From Copenhagen and Stockholm in the north to Athens and Istanbul in the south, European cities nicely blend Europe's rich history with modern architecture and culture.
Europe is an art lovers paradise and a cruise to Europe will allow art lovers to visit some of the world's most renowned museums filled with works of art created by some of the most respected artists of all times. Europe is a treasure trove filled with arts and culture, from royal treasures and castles, to ancient archeological sites.


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"This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again." -- Terence Mann
Broxton serves one up to McCutcheon. 2-0 Buccos. Game over.
"This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again." -- Terence Mann
I didn't think that one was hit hard enough to get out!
Ah well, send them to sub .500 tomorrow.
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
I loathe AM. Oh well, meaningless game anyway for the most part.
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/...k_cin&c_id=cin"You know what seed I'd like to have? Me, I'd like to be three," Speier said. "I'd like to know that they're coming to me, and I've got two games at home. But that's not the scenario or anything that this team is about in regards to winning or losing games. We're going to play every game, and we're going to try to win every game. We're playing teams that are hot, that we don't want to face, and we're going to try to do what we can to knock everybody we play out."
So no one was being sarcastic.
That is only for the 1st round Chris...not the the next round.
It's fine. Let Stubbs and Valdez try and win games for you and lose out on best record.....and maybe we will sit around wishing we would not have when we get past the 1st round.
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
I hope that's not his mentality. I gaurantee it isn't Dusty's, who returns on Monday.
The playoff setup for this season is stupid, and typical Bud Selig, but there's no reason this team can't at least win one on the road before having 3 shots to win two at home.
Things return to "normal" in round 2.
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[Baby: Speaking]
Yeah shawty you know what I'm talkin' about
I'm peepin' these niggas out there slippin', lookin' like
They ain't 'bout money no mo' man, so uh fuck
You know what we gon' do huh, what we been doin' ha nigga
We gon' load up get a lot mo get a lot mo and say fuck em nigga
Keep buyin' shit, keep fuckin' hoes
Loadin' up on mo' bitches
Then you know what I'm sayin', we gon' get greedy too nigga
I ain't never gettin' full
I'm full blooded with this grind
Yeah they don't understand lil nigga
[Verse 1: Lil' Wayne]
Murder capital only key to survive is kill
If the elements don't murder you the riders will for real
And niggas know I go hard to the fullest
Get involved and I got em playing dodgeball with bullets
Yeah, I got the sawed-off fully in the Sean John hoodie
Get fucked you play pussy
Ha, we hit 'em up while they lookin'
And them body shots hurt
But the head shots took him
Damn, and if the red dot spot 'em then the hollow head got 'em
Knock his top to his bottom jack
Yeah, you see we grind from the bottom just to make it to the bottom
At the very bottom of the map
Lil Weezy-ana piranhas everywhere you at
You gotta wear ya extra condom and a extra gat
Your bitch can get it for actin' like a man
And niggas in Pakistan ain't packin' like your man
I backwards hand your man on command
In front of niggas he cool with them boys on fan
I'm on hot, I adjust in different climates
Ducking the animal keeper runnin' with my primates
You ain't did it till you done it like in five states
Weezy hustle no blubber I put on weight
And in the drought I go on a diet and stretch more
Lose all that weight leave a nigga with stretch marks
You don't even come up to a nigga chest pa' sub par
What the fuck they play it in the club for
Real shit I'm ducking bombs from a drug war
No religion but the cops swear that I'm a drug lord
Father forgive 'em for they know not who they pushin' Lord
Father forgive me if I have to send em to you Lord
I'm just tryin' dodge the shots they send to the God
They ridin' up highway to heaven boulevard
Damn, them niggas pussy and jive not even in a eye exam they ain't lookin' for I
The A and the K will make your face crook to the side
Now when you smilin' everybody gotta look from the side
Cause when you wildin' you ain't lookin' you just lookin' high
And when we hungry you look like pie
Sweet potato-ass nigga you lemon merengue, apple custard
Cherry jelly, don't make me get the biscuit busta
What up Gizzle you my distant brother
Real shit nigga same father, different mother
I skip the frontin' and stick to keepin' it trill
You not know me for nothin' other I'm somethin' other
Than people you feel I'm deeper for real I'm deeper than skills
My speeches can kill, rest in peace
[Baby: Speaking]
Yeah, you undadig shawty it's all about one thing nigga
If you bout money nigga come fuck with us
If you ain't bout no money get the fuck from 'round us nigga
And whatever you bout we bout it
Howeva you wanna get we can give it to ya nigga
All runners bitch, you undadig put your prints in nigga
Put your feet down and your nuts on the concrete and let's roll
[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
You sleep in the field for trying the dude
I'll bust ya head to the meat turn ya mind to food
Food for thought, think I ain't lyin' to you
I lie his body in grease, set fire to em
I tie his body in sheets put the tires to em
Make em feel the Escalade put his feet in the blades
Damn! I'm the heat in the blaze
And niggas keep they ways when I'm in the streets wit blay What!
My nigga hungry he'll eat the plate
And if I ask the homeboy'll eat ya face Yea!
And though he got me, you can ask I'm like a pool table, I keep the eight
My side pocket side ways
When I pop it leave a nigga sideways for five days
Birdman talk to em
[Baby: Speaking]
Yeah nigga, I tell em, I'll tell em again shawty
If it ain't bout no money get and fall the fuck from 'round me nigga
[Verse 3: Lil Wayne]
Check my swag, I travel like sound dawg
You play hard and I'm gravel like ground dawg
I'm underground, call me groundhog
Lay down laws, call the ground law
Don't confuse me wit' the law, naw
But just confuse me with my pa because I am the Birdman J.R
I ain't trippin' nigga, I play the corner like Ripken nigga
With the forty Cal Ripken nigga, rip a nigga
Flip your vehicle, split your windshield
Whack ya baby momma but I'll let the kid live
And people say that I am a kid still
Cause the lil nigga still ride on big wheels
You feeling animal then come on and get killed
The Sig peel bandanas like bananas
Say I'm slight bananas I blow a weekend in Havana
In my Cabana wit my bottom bitch from Savannah
Man a train couldn't stop ya man
I man up and you not a man
I stand up say I got my land
I'm the man of my land call it Lil-Weezy-ana... That's the new plan
[Baby: Speaking]
Yeah nigga, you bout some money get at me nigga
That's the only way
Dumb shit we bout that get at me you undadig


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Lightroom 4.3 is now available as a final release on Adobe.com and through the update mechanism in Lightroom 4. The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.
Bugs Corrected in Lightroom 4.3:
The following bugs that were part the Lightroom 4 releases have been corrected. The team appreciates the very detailed feedback the community has provided on Lightroom 4 and we're excited to correct a number of issues experienced by our customers. These issues have been FIXED:
- Autolayout produces a Book with the correct amount of pages but without any images added. Please note that this only occurs when the filter is set to "Unused".
- Uploading large panorama images to Revel caused Lightroom to crash.
- The "Unused" filter was not properly filtering images within the Book Module.
- Lightroom hangs while changing the Exposure adjustment by typing in a numeric adjustment. Please note that this only occurs when the Enter key is not typed to confirm the adjustment and another Develop adjustment is tried. Also please note that this only occurs on Windows.
- After creating a new folder in Lightroom, attempting to undo that folder can sometimes cause a corrupt catalog.
- An image can be simultaneously flagged as both a Pick and Reject at the same time.
- Using multiple colors within a single text cell within the Book Module can cause Lightroom to crash.
- Unable to post photos to Flickr when the image filename contains an apostrophe.
- The active Develop slider, the one controlled with + and – keys, defaults to Exposure when moving from one photo to another.
- Catalogs from Photoshop Elements 11 would not update in Lightroom.
- Site titles longer than 70 characters created in the Web Module can cause Lightroom to freeze.
- Cell padding linking lost between sessions.
- Deleting the top image in a stack causes the entire stack to disappear.
- Tethered capture fails when turning camera off and back on. This also can occur if the camera goes to sleep and then wakes. This occurs only with Canon cameras and on Mac only.
- Cropping an image to a small size sometimes causes the image in Develop to become blurry.
- AVCHD video formats are not properly importing into Lightroom. Please note that this only occurred on Mac.
- Enable Profile Corrections does not auto find iPhone 4 profile.
- Crop doesn't update in second monitor if navigator panel closed. Please note that this only occurred on Mac.
- TIFF files can experience tonal shifts within Lightroom.
- Mask overlay are displayed in filmstrip and navigator. They should only be displayed in the Develop Loupe.
- Video files created on an iPhone 4 flickers when played in Lightroom.
New Camera Support in Lightroom 4.3:
- Canon EOS 6D
- Canon PowerShot S110
- Canon PowerShot G15
- Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
- Casio Exilim EX-ZR1000
- Casio Exilim EX-FC300S
- Leica M-E
- Nikon 1 V2
- Nikon D5200
- Nikon D600*
- Olympus PEN E-PL5
- Olympus PEN E-PM2
- Olympus STYLUS XZ-2 iHS
- Panasonic DMC-GH3
- Pentax K-5 II
- Pentax K-5 IIs
- Pentax Q10
- Sony DSC-RX1
- Sony NEX-VG30
- Sony NEX-VG900
* Please note that preliminary support was available in Lightroom 4.2. This release adds full support for the Nikon D600.
New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom 4.3:
|Lens Name
|Lens Mount
|Apple iPhone 4S
|Apple iPhone 5
|Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
|Sigma APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
|Tamron SP AF 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC A009E
|Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Macro Di VC USD F004E
|LEICA APO-ELMARIT-R 180 mm f/2.8
|LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8
|LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-R 90 mm f/2 ASPH.
|LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-R 180 mm f/2
|LEICA APO-TELYT-R 280 mm f/2.8
|LEICA APO-TELYT-R 280 mm f/4
|LEICA APO-TELYT-R 400 mm f/2.8
|LEICA APO-TELYT-R 400 mm f/4
|LEICA APO-TELYT-R 560 mm f/4
|LEICA APO-TELYT-R 560 mm f/5.6
|LEICA APO-TELYT-R 800 mm f/5.6
|LEICA ELMARIT-R 19 mm f/2.8
|LEICA ELMARIT-R 28 mm f/2.8
|LEICA MACRO-ELMARIT-R 60 mm f/2.8
|LEICA SUMMICRON-R 35 mm f/2
|LEICA SUMMICRON-R 50 mm f/2
|LEICA SUMMILUX-R 35 mm f/1.4
|LEICA SUMMILUX-R 50 mm f/1.4
|LEICA SUMMILUX-R 80 mm f/1.4
|Leica VARIO-ELMARIT-R 28-90 mm f/2,8-4,5 ASPH.
|Leica VARIO-ELMAR-R 80-200 mm f/4
|Leica VARIO-ELMAR-R 35-70 mm f/4
|Leica VARIO-ELMAR-R 21-35 mm f/3,5-4 ASPH.
|Leica VARIO-APO-ELMARIT-R 70-180 mm f/2.8
|Sigma APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
|PENTAX 06 Telephoto Zoom
|Sigma APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
|Sigma DP1 Merrill Compact Digital Camera
|Sony E 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
|Sony E 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS LE
|Sony E 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
|Sony E 24mm F1.8
|Sony E 30mm F3.5 Macro
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As a test for my new torrent slave, I downloaded an ISO of VortexBox, which is something I hadn't ever heard of, probably because I don't travel in Fedora circles very much. I had no rationale for grabbing that torrent; it just happened to be at the top of the stack at linuxtracker.org.
For fun, I tried installing it on the X60s. I don't have any snapshots for you this time, mostly because there's nothing to see — install it and you're just at a command prompt.
I know that scares some people, and even in my case, I had to say, "Okay, now what?" Luckily there's this page, aptly entitled, "OK I installed it, now what?"
The best part of the "now what?" is dropping a CD into the drive. VortexBox automatically rips the CD, labels the files and drops them into its file structure. You access the machine by its web interface, which means you can arrange and configure the network any way you please, then use other machines to stream music from it, connect network audio players or even play music directly through the computer.
It's a rather cool implementation of the classic "turn your computer into a music machine" idea that everyone has thrown at them whenever there's an old computer lying around. This takes that idea to an extreme, wholly dedicating the machine to the task. Which is a good thing.
I like it. It reminds me a lot of what FreeNAS would probably be, if the FreeNAS project was suddenly hijacked by audiophiles. And it's a good idea for an outdated machine.
I don't know how far back "outdated" can go though. I don't have enough experience with Fedora in its most recent incarnations to know if something as slow as, say, 550Mhz can reliably handle running VortexBox. I can tell you startup time on the X60s was rather slow, but that's not necessarily an indicator of it's lightweightishness. 🙄
I also wish there was an option for a "live" environment; from the Grub menu you can only install or install (if I remember right). It would be nice to try out the system before committing an entire machine. That might be a technical impossibility though; perhaps someone else can look closer.
I like the principle though. It seems like a natural project for something ultra-lightweight, maybe Slitaz-driven or something like that. I don't know how much work it would be to accomplish the same feats but use a different distro. Perhaps I can investigate further when I have some free time. Okay, that last part was funny. …


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Monday, December 15, 2008
I'll admit it, I'm not a fan of the holidays. Make that NOT. In caps. In fact, I almost despise the holidays; there, I said it. I almost feel like I just committed a mortal sin, like I should recite 10 Hail Marys to absolve myself for admitting, in public, that I'm related to the Grinch. Sorry kids. I don't know the Hail Mary.
I'm not sure where it comes from, wholly. I suppose a large part of it is that the older I became, it seemed the stress of the holidays increased proportionately, until it no longer felt worthy of the price attached. More than that though, every year I cannot help but think of the last Christmas we spent with my Mom, when I was 20; we all fully knew it would be her last holiday with us - and Christmas was HER holiday. It was painful and poignant and heavy and sweet and horrid; she died four months later. I didn't want any more Christmases after that; I was done.
Still, the rest of the world just will NOT bend to my will - darn miscreants. So, I try to perform little bursts of holiday spirit here and there. For example, I like to sprinkle co-workers' officechair-seats with powdered sugar, to resemble snow. I like giving giftcards that have no monetary value. I like covering all of my Christmas cookies in black frosting. Okay no! I'm just fantasizing. Throwing myself a bone.
Now really, I do participate as best I can. Because we have the office holiday-party at our house, it motivates me to decorate a bit - mostly just a bunch of white string-lights and a teensy tree. And I buy gifts for my nieces and nephew (I love you Ellery and Ari, Grace and Emma, Peyton and Alex!!!); I mean, I'm not heartless (yet). And, Tony and me usually cook a really great meal together over the holiday, which we rarely have time for because he has such a real job. So see? A smattering of holidayness, a smidge. A dusting.
This past weekend, I got it into my head that I ought to try my hand at Marzipan Candy - something you often see more of around the holidays. Why not, thought I? Look at me all embracing the season, pondered Moi. SO impressed by my bad holiday self, exclaimed Thyself.
Oh enough of the internal dialogue...just read on for the Marzipan, if you so desire. Am I the only Grinch here? Do you love the holidays? Tolerate them? Wish you could time-warp past them? What say THEE?
Marzipan Candy
Okay, this recipe looked SO easy, SUCH a breeze! Well, let me warn you - there may be a few times during this recipe where you may think to yourself "Self, this effing sucks it all" - and wonder if you should proceed or chuck the mess in with the rubbish. Of course, it could just be my happy-go-lucky seasonal personality there, no? Nah. The deal is - this dough can be very sticky and difficult to work with. Besides that though, it really IS a simple recipe - and the resulting Marzipan Candy is quite delicious, if you like Marzipan. And many don't. And I still like you for it. What does Marzipan taste like, you ask? Well, it has a definite almond flavor, is sweet (but not cloying), and has a kind of grainy texture.
8 oz. almond paste
2 c. powdered sugar (+ more for rolling out)
1/4 c. corn syrup
food coloring (any color)
Over a medium bowl, break almond paste into small pieces. Add 1 c. of the sugar and work it in with your hands until mixture is crumbly. Add another 3/4 c. sugar and work in very well. Add corn syrup and work until completely incorporated (very sticky here; tried pastry cutter, didn't work). Sprinkle remaining sugar on a work surface and knead the dough until uniform, up to 5 minutes. If dough seems overly sticky, knead in more sugar. Form dough into disc, cover in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for an hour.
Sprinkle a work surface with powdered sugar. To color the dough, break off a palm-size piece of dough, add 2-3 drops and knead in the color until consistent; add more color if needed. Then, blend the colored dough into the larger portion you'd like to use for that color and knead until consistent. Continue to add sugar as needed to keep dough from sticking to surface.
Dust surface with sugar and roll out dough to 1/4-inch thick. Cut into desired shapes (free form cutting or using small cookie cutters) and place on wax paper. You can also hand-shape into "Marzipan Fruits" (apples, bananas etc.) or wreaths or candy canes or whatever; cooking stores often sell Marzipan molds as well. Allow to sit out for 24 hours, to dry. If the candies have extra powdered sugar on their surface after working with them, use a scantly moistened paintbrush or tiny cloth to remove sugar. The amount will depend on what shapes/sizes you make; I ended up with about 40 little candies - about 1.5-inch size. ENJOY!
27 comments:
- NV said...
I love the holidays. Yes, dear, that's LOVE. The lights and other decos, all the celebrations, the occasional glimpses of humanity in people I would never otherwise have believed possessed such a thing ... these are what help make easing into that December to April time frame we call WINTER even remotely tolerable.
And of course all the Yorkie cards. What's better than photos of a bunch of unrealistically cute little dogs on the mantle?!
(Which I have yet to send because I suck.)
- December 15, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Oh, honey, I feel your pain. I'm not much filled with the spirit this year but remember, this too shall pass.
On the plus side? We all have an iron-clad excuse to EAT LIKE PIGS. And with that in mind, please send one ton of marizpan my way STAT. Thank you!!!!!
- December 15, 2008 at 1:20 PM
- Brittany said...
Yeah, I have to say that I do love the holidays.
However, my husbands mother died on Christmas day several years back- so I know how it feels to have it me a painful time as well.
Now it's bittersweet. We miss her, but also totally get into the christmas movies and cookies and stuff.
And by the way- I freakin love marzipan and nobody ever makes it. Like EVAR. Thank you for doing so. they are lovely and I want to eat my computer screen.
- December 15, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- MonkeyGirl said...
You have my permission to buy totally useless gifts for those in the office. One of the best guys I know bought someone a gift certificate for one 2X4 from the hardware store. Listening to his story about trying to purchase the GC for the precise amount was hysterical!
- December 15, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Finally, a soul brave enough to say "bah, humbug" in multiple paragraphs, bringing tidings of her own personal kind of joy to the world! The best part of Christmas is the first week in January...even in Minnesota. I embrace and applaud your Grinchness and proudly stand beside you!
- December 15, 2008 at 6:09 PM
These are darling. And they look fairly easy, fairly. May have to try these as my Mom loves Marzipan.
I am so-so on the holidays. I think its overly stressful and too commercial. I'm so sorry you lost your Mom so young.
- December 15, 2008 at 6:10 PM
- Gigi said...
Freaking adorable marizpan candy! You know, I can take or leave Christmas. I guess it depends on what I have going on during the end of the year. If I am really busy with work or school it becomes just another day. But kudos for being honest and sharing this awesome candy recipe!
- December 15, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- hungryandfrozen said...
Sorry to hear this isn't a great time of year for you, you certainly have reason enough. I'm pretty stressed and could do with at least another week between me and the dreaded day, it was so much easier when I was younger and just wanted Barbie dolls! That marzipan not only looks gorgeous (love the colours) it looks damn impressive too!
- December 16, 2008 at 2:47 AM
as much as you hate the hols, i'm real glad you made this because they are just gorgeous. sorry to hear about your mum. christmases are a sticky issue with me as well but every year i just hope to God it gets better. I mean, if you've hit rock bottom before, anything else can only go up rather than down. lots of love, ann! and a merry christmas to you. xxx
- December 16, 2008 at 5:24 AM
- grace said...
first of all, i'm totally gonna start handing out blank gift cards to people i don't like. what a great idea.
secondly, i'm extremely impressed by your candy. grinch sminch. :)
- December 16, 2008 at 8:19 AM
- Jennifer S said...
I'm with you on this. Hate the holidays. No, that's not too strong a word.
Hang in there. I'd start making naughty marzipan shapes just to amuse yourself. Can't hurt.
- December 16, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- Real Live Lesbian said...
You'd HATE me! I *love* the holidays.
Jingle all the way, baby!
Your marzipan is positively precious!!!!
- December 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM
I love marzipan! I hate the holidays! I could so "holiday" with you, girl. Great pictures.
- December 16, 2008 at 12:47 PM
I love marzipan! I hate the holidays! I could so "holiday" with you, girl. Great pictures.
- December 16, 2008 at 12:47 PM
- John D. said...
You are a true artist Ann. : ) I can just tell that everything you do is done with such mindfulness and care. I'm sorry that Christmas holds a painful memory for you. The holidays do evoke some degree of lamenting for most people I think.
I do wish you a Merry Christmas Anne. : )
- December 16, 2008 at 2:03 PM
- Nic said...
Those are so cute, but I can't stand marzipan! And I only like Xmas when everything is done, all the shopping, wrapping etc. We haven't even got our tree up yet.
- December 16, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Honestly I've never tried these, but I like almond so I'm thinking I must be missing out on greatness. They're really cute. I like the holidays, but hate all the stress; I think it is the most stressful time of year and don't think it should be. All the presents drive me nuts, it's too much. The meaning of the holiday would be more if we would buy less, I think.
- December 16, 2008 at 3:40 PM
- Lisa said...
Hey you made marzipan! How great is that? these are cute cute cute, and I totally agree with little fruit shapes or whatever else floats your boat!
Sorry about your mom - man, that still feels like it's pretty sharp.
You know, whether a person is into Christmas or not, it is a food and eating time that cannot be equaled. At least here in the northwest we get to wear fleece and bulky sweaters to hide the holiday pounds! Take care!
- December 16, 2008 at 6:31 PM
- flutter said...
You and me both, babe. You and me both
- December 17, 2008 at 12:27 AM
Thank you for admitting your grinchness. I will join that club.
- December 17, 2008 at 8:59 AM
- diva said...
ann..just thought i'd stop by again to say how touched i am by your comment on my blog. you're the best!! :) lots of love, honey..and marzipan all around. x
- December 17, 2008 at 7:55 PM
- Leslie said...
Unfortunatly I have to be in the Christmas Cheer for my young kiddos!
My I could understand your dislike for the Holidays, if it brings up such painful memories!
- December 17, 2008 at 9:14 PM
- Adam said...
And I thought I was the only one to make black sugar cookies :)
Great job on the marizan candy, being all festive and all... but I'll admit it's kinda my 'childhood green veggie' of desserts. They are just too wicked sweet for me.
I can't disagree that your co-workers and friends devoured them though :)
- December 18, 2008 at 1:12 PM
- vanillasugarblog said...
I'm not a huge fan of the holidays either..for almost all the same reasons. I do love to exchange gifts with those closest to me. I wonder if I would have the patience to do the cutouts of the crazy marzipan? Yours came out wicked! (yes, I'm from Mass, and we say wicked! LOL...I crack myself up)
- December 18, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- Pearl said...
oh those are SO adorable!
- December 19, 2008 at 2:29 AM
- Clumbsy Cookie said...
Look at you all "holiday spirited"! I hear you on the holiday stress. I used to LOVE Christmas when I was a tiny self, but now it's just ok. I try to get in the spirit though... but not so much as to make marzipan, lol!
- December 19, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Alright, seriously, you are way too funny. I've been cracking up reading through your Twitterstream, and your blogs are just expanded hilarity.
You definitely have a new fan!
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The Knickerbocker, which was donated to Hope College in 1988, was a new venue for HSRT last season. As a site for a multitude of Hope College's artistic performances such as the Visiting Writers Series, the Great Performance Series, and dance concerts, the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre is excited to be back again this summer in Holland's picturesque downtown.
"Forever Plaid" tells the story of a vivacious 1950's men's quartet who unexpectedly become victims of a tragic car accident on the way to their "dream gig," but with a little heavenly intervention, the men are able to live out their dream. Performing tight melodies and heavily choreographed dance moves, the men star in hits such as "Catch a Falling Star," "Sixteen Tons," "Heart and Soul," and "Three Coins in the Fountain," a tribute to the Ed Sullivan show.
Michael Hanson, who returns for his second season with HSRT will be playing Sparky. Last season he was seen in "The Hypochondriac," the Head Waiter in "She Loves Me," and was featured in "Godspell" and "Go Dog Go!." He recently earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting degree at the University of Connecticut and will return home to New York in the fall.
Jonathan Spivey returns for this third season with HSRT to play Smudge. The Holland community will also recognize him from his appearances in some of HSRT's most memorable shows such as "She Loves Me," "Godspell," "The Hypochondriac," "Oliver," "Shakespeare in Hollywood," and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." He is currently living in New York City pursuing his acting career.
Also a HSRT veteran is Teddy Yudain who will be playing Jinx. Last summer he played Judas in "Godspell," Monsieur Bonfaux in "The Hypochondriac," and the clumsy busboy in "She Loves Me." He graduated in 2007 with his BFA in Acting from the University of Connecticut.
The Plaids are directed by James Saba, with new-comer musical director Katherine Strohmaier.
Making his HSRT debut as an acting intern is Michael Haller who will be playing Frankie. He will be entering his third year as a BFA Musical Theatre major at Ithaca College this fall.
The show continues throughout the summer with performances at 8 p.m. on June 20, 21, 24, 26, 28, July 1, 21, 30, and August 4.
Tickets have already gone on sale at both the DeVos Fieldhouse and the DeWitt Theatre Ticket Office. Prices range from $8-$26 for plays and season tickets range from $45-$85.
The ticket office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Beginning June 14 the ticket office is open on Saturday's at noon. On performance dates, the DeWitt Ticket Office will be open through intermission. The ticket office is located in the DeWitt Cultural Center at 12th Street and Columbia Avenue. For tickets call the ticket office at 616-395-7890.
For more information visit the HSRT website at www.hope.edu/hsrt
The DeWitt Theatre is located at 141 East 12th Street. While 12th Street is under construction, the DeWitt and Martha Miller parking lots are both accessible from the North.
And while at the ticket office, make sure to check out HSRT's other productions
such as "Kiss Me Kate" opening June 13, the cabaret at Til Midnight, "Closer Than Ever" opening July 5, "The Foreigner" opening July 11, and "Doubt, A Parable" opening July 18. The Children's Performance Troupe will also be presenting "Sarah Plain and Tall" opening June 18 and "Petite Rouge, the Cajun Red Riding Hood" opening July 16.


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"Broken City" -- It should come as no surprise that every character in a movie with a title like this is either rotten to the core, or a liar, or a schemer, or the bearer of seriously damaging secrets. What is surprising is that these characters never feel like real people, despite a series of twists that should, in theory, reveal hidden, unexpected facets of their personalities and despite being played by big-name stars including Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones. They're all still conniving, only with varying alliances and targets. At the center of these dizzying double crosses is Wahlberg as Billy Taggart, a former New York police detective who got kicked off the force after a questionable shooting. Seven years later, Billy is barely getting by as a Brooklyn private eye. Then one day, the mayor (Crowe), who'd always been on Billy's side, hires Billy to investigate whether his wife (Zeta-Jones) is having an affair. He's up for re-election in a week and doesn't want to lose to a young, well-financed challenger (Barry Pepper) over revelations that he's being cuckolded. But Billy's digging leads to further revelations involving the mayor's rival, the rival's campaign manager (Kyle Chandler), the police commissioner (Jeffrey Wright) and some wealthy, well-connected land developers. Everything is simultaneously too complicated and overly spelled out. Director Allen Hughes' film is a forgettable piece of pulp. R for pervasive language, some violence and sexual content. 108 minutes.
H-1/2 stars.
"The Last Stand" -- The Arnold Schwarzenegger movie you didn't even realize you wanted to see. This is the action superstar's first leading role in a decade, having left acting to serve as the governor of California and whatnot, and while it may not have occurred to you to miss him during that time, it's still surprisingly good to see him on the big screen again. He is not exactly pushing himself here. Korean director Kim Jee-woon's American filmmaking debut turns out to be an extremely Schwarzeneggerish Schwarzenegger film, full of big, violent set pieces and broad comedy. He may look a little creaky (and facially freaky) these days, but Arnold proves he's still game for the mayhem as he fires off rounds and tosses off one-liners, and the movie at least has the decency to acknowledge that it knows that you know that he's old. The script also feels a bit old -- "The Last Stand" is essentially an amped-up version of "Rio Bravo," with some "Jackass"-style hijinks courtesy of Johnny Knoxville himself. A Mexican drug kingpin (Eduardo Noriega) daringly escapes federal custody and heads for a quiet Arizona border town where Schwarzenegger, as the sheriff, rounds up a posse of misfits to stop him. But Kim keeps things moving briskly and the members of the strong supporting cast (Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman, Forest Whitaker) don't seem to mind that they're playing flimsy types. Everyone's just here for a mindless good time. R for strong, bloody violence throughout and language. 107 minutes.
"LUV" -- This drama about the tragic realities of fathers and sons in unforgiving urban environs can't measure up to the lyricism of its star's own music. It stars Common, the thoughtful, charismatic Chicago rhymer who, in three- and four-minute hip-hop ruminations, summons more vibrant social imagery than these well-intended but hollow 1 hours. Taking place over a day in Baltimore, "LUV" stars Common as the former convict Vincent, who takes his 11-year-old nephew Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.) for a lesson-filled day of bonding. But Vincent's qualifications are questionable: He's desperate for the $22,000 he needs for a business loan and has gang members after him. It's a promising enough conceit -- a stressed, untrustworthy but inherently decent guy trying to play the role model -- but the day takes awkward, implausible turns, jumping from violence to stone-skipping in the harbor. The dialogue, too, is often cringe-worthy as the two meet various friends and associates of Vincent's, with cameos by Danny Glover, Dennis Haysbert, Clark Johnson and Michael Kenneth Williams. The cliches mount as the journey leads to bloody standoffs and drug dealer confrontations. Still, there is tenderness here, and first-time director Sheldon Candis should further develop his naturalistic impulse. We are, after all, not exactly showered with intimate, aspiring films of urban life. 95 minutes.
H-1/2 stars.


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Clinical Psychologist (73B)
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As a clinical psychologist in the U.S. Army, you'll have the opportunity to work with a rewarding patient base — Soldiers and their families — in a variety of settings, and conduct vital, life-saving research alongside committed and focused colleagues.
Job Duties
- Apply psychological principles, theories, methods and techniques through direct patient services, consultation, education and research in problems of human effectiveness, adjustment and emotional disturbance in medical and other settings
- Focus on investigation, evaluation and amelioration of mental and behavioral disorders, prevention of mental illness and promotion of effective mental health
- Conduct and supervise direct patient care, and plan and execute disease prevention and health promotion programs
- Exercise command of medical units as provided by law and regulation
- Perform special staff functions in health support for commanders at all levels
- Conduct medical research on diseases of military importance, and conduct, supervise and participate in graduate medical education and training of other medical personnel needed to sustain a robust and readily available medical system
Unique duty positions include: clinical psychology consultant, Office of the Surgeon General; clinical psychology consultant; director of training, psychology internship/fellowship program; staff psychologist, Clinical Psychology Service; combat stress control detachment/company psychologist; division psychologist
- Doctorate in clinical psychology or counseling psychology from an American Psychological Association accredited program
- Completion of a one-year, American Psychological Association accredited clinical psychology internship (may request a waiver if board certified)
- Current doctoral level license to practice psychology
- U.S. citizen status for Active Duty (mandatory)
- Permanent U.S. residency status for Army Reserve (mandatory)
- Must be between 21 and 42 years of age (may request a waiver – Locate a recruiter for more information)
In the U.S. Army, the case diversity psychologists experience in caring for Soldiers and their families far exceeds the medical care environment of the private sector. As an Army Medical Service Corps officer, you'll have access to the most sophisticated technologies, methods and techniques, the opportunity to consult with experts in both the military and private sector, plus exceptional professional growth opportunities, including continuing education courses, seminars and conferences. Psychiatrists may even serve as faculty at one of our prestigious graduate medical education programs.
Helpful Skills
The normal environment of an Army Medical Service Corps officer's work requires time-sensitive problem analysis with an accurate, sound and immediate decision. Ability to operate under stress, apply critical thinking skills, make decisions and translate these skills to battlefield conditions is critical to medical and mission success.
Effective patient care requires the proper balance between technical skills and the ability to apply the appropriate treatment or procedure at the right moment. Army Medical Service Corps officers possess expert knowledge in their area of concentration, patient management, and general support and coordination principles. Psychologists gain this knowledge through continuing medical education and experience sustained by mentoring, additional institutional training, continuous self-development and progressive levels of assignments within their specialty.
In addition to the many privileges that come with being an officer on the U.S. Army health care team, you'll be rewarded with:
- 30 days of paid vacation earned annually
- Noncontributory retirement benefits with 20 years of qualifying service
- No-cost or low-cost medical and dental care for you and your family
- Health Professionals Special Pay
- Health Professionals Loan Repayment, which may be applied toward qualifying educational loans
- Noncontributory retirement benefits at age 60 with 20 years of qualifying service
- Low-cost life and dental insurance
- Travel opportunities, including humanitarian missions
Both active and Reserve duty officers enjoy commissary and post exchange shopping privileges; a flexible, portable retirement savings and investment plan similar to a 401(k); may receive pay for continuing education; and specialized training to become a leader in their field.
Earn Cash For In Demand Jobs
You could earn up to $40,000 in cash bonuses just for enlisting under certain Military Occupational Specialties. Visit Jobs in Demand to see if this job qualifies for an enlistment bonus.
Education Benefits
The U.S. Army offers opportunities for psychologists in a variety of practice areas, including clinical, administrative and research roles. As an Army Medical Service Corps officer, you'll have access to the most sophisticated treatment methods and protocols, the opportunity to consult with experts in both the military and private sector, plus exceptional professional growth through continuing education courses, seminars and conferences.
As a commissioned officer of the U.S Army, you'll also enjoy generous education loan-repayment benefits, residency programs and ongoing initiatives to support your career development and advancement.
Future Civilian Careers
As you advance through your medical career, you will be looking for experiences that blend teaching, research and clinical excellence to best prepare you for unique and challenging opportunities in medicine. Our psychologists excel in clinical, research, operational, academic and health administration arenas. Many have worked in more than one career track throughout their time in the U.S. Army and have held leadership positions ahead of their private sector counterparts.
U.S. Army psychologists are highly desired candidates for competitive private sector jobs upon leaving the Army. In fact, many former U.S. Army psychologists serve as faculty in elite medical schools, residency programs and training institutions.
PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH SUCCESS (PaYS) Program
Those interested in this job may be eligible for civilian employment, after the Army, by enrolling in the Army PaYS program. The PaYS program is a recruitment option that guarantees a job interview with military friendly employers that are looking for experienced and trained Veterans to join their organization. Find out more about the Army PaYS Program at http://www.armypays.com.
- Johns Hopkins
- GE Healthcare
- Cleveland Clinic
- Mercy Medical Center


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Ulla Johnson
Born and raised in Manhattan, the daughter of archaeologists, Ulla Johnson honed her signature style between the streets of New York and the far-flung destinations of their family travels. Her eponymous line, founded in 2000 immediately caught the attention of the fashion press. Drawing from a melange of global references, Johnson creates beautiful, unique collections using natural fibers, exotic prints, and intricate embellishments.


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Sometimes when I look at where I am in my life I am not altogether thrilled. So I pray to God, using the words of the traditional prayer book and adding my own as well.
I can spend days, months, years, begging God for what I want. I scream and call out. But my life continues as is and I don't see, I don't hear the answers to my prayers. Where is God?
In the summer of 2002 I moved to Los Angeles to forward my show business careers -- I'm an actress, a comic, a writer and, what was most important to me at that time -- a songwriter. I had already written over 100 songs and had not been able to publish them. I was looking for my big break (and trying to avoid waiting tables!).
At the same time I was deepening my exploration of Judaism and the two worlds could not have seemed further apart. Then I met someone who seemed the answer to my dreams -- my career ones that is. A happily married observant Jewish man who was a music manager. My two worlds meshing perfectly.
I met him on a Friday evening at a synagogue function and he suggested I go visit and help his wife the next day since she would be home alone. He forgot to mention that she was the mother of three-year-old triplets!
As I traipsed through the heat I was envisioning the cool of the home, the calm of the beautiful Shabbat table, the pleasant warmth of the lady of the home, and looking forward to building this new relationship.
I got the relationship I wanted but in an unexpected guise. When the door opened, I was surprised to see chaos instead of calm, toys and remnants of breakfast instead of a pristine Shabbat table, and a more than slightly frazzled mother. The triplets had been up since 7:00 a.m. she explained and they were finally down for their nap.
Instead of sitting quietly and chatting, I pitched in to help clean up and prepare for their guests.
About five minutes later, just as we were beginning this large project, one of the girls began to cry. With a sigh, the mother glanced at me and explained that if one got up, she would wake the others, they would all be over-tired and grumpy and the whole day would be shot.
"There's probably nothing wrong," she said. "We just need to go stand outside the door and listen."
"She'll probably cry and call out," she explained, "and then be very quiet and listen to see if anyone is outside her room. If she hears us, she won't stop crying until we go in and get her. But if we're very quiet, she'll soon settle down and go back to sleep. If she doesn't settle down, we'll know that something is wrong and we'll go in and get her."
So we tiptoed into the hallway, and we listened. Everything occurred just as described.
I watched this mother sitting on a small ledge outside her children's room, listening to her baby crying on the other side of the door, and I saw a picture of courage and strength. I saw a mother who, despite having tons of work to do, would stop everything to make sure her child was okay. I saw a mother who would sit and listen to her child cry and know that it was best not to go get her. I saw a mother who understood exactly what her child needed.
I know exactly where He is. He's right outside my door, listening to every word, every cry. But He won't come in and get me until it's time.
And I wondered about the little girl in there crying. Was she thinking, "Where is mommy?"
And then I knew. When I'm unhappy looking at my life and I call out to the Almighty to rescue me, I don't need to wonder, "Where is God?" I know exactly where He is. He's right outside my door, listening. He hears every word, every cry. But He won't come in and get me until it's time for me to come out. Until then He'll be silent so I can stop crying and be content with where I am. Because that's exactly what I need.
This awareness has enabled me to deal with one of the greatest challenges in my life right now: my search for my soul mate. It's been a few years already, and I've been searching high and low. Along with my daily prayers, I have traveled the world, contacted tons of matchmakers, met with lots of people who may know my guy, and even tried online dating.
My experiences have brought me wisdom, adventures to tell my grandkids, and a slew of great jokes for my comedy routines. But no soul mate yet.
My friends sometimes ask me, "Ayelet, why are you never upset or depressed? Don't you ever get angry with God because of what you're going through?"
And the truth is I feel peace in my heart. I have the utmost of confidence knowing that it will happen at the right time.
I really do want to be married and start a family. But I also want it to be at the right time, in the right place, and with the right person.
So I continue to search for my soul mate, and continue to pray. I know that if I haven't found him yet, then it is not the right time. And where I am is exactly where I am meant to be.
When my soul mate and I are both ready, I know that God will be there, outside the door listening. And He'll come in and get us.


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Bullets are related to the main PowerPoint problem, which is having the medium drive the message rather than having the message drive the medium. When you create a PowerPoint presentation that relies on bullets to deliver a message, you essentially cripple the intellect of anyone attending the presentation.
I thought about this yesterday while listening to Johnny Cash. Let's imagine Johnny wanted to explain the devotion someone feels for his significant other. If his default thinking involved creating a PowerPoint presentation every time he wanted to communicate, the bullets might look something like this:
Title: Reasons I Walk the Line
- Key points about me:
- My heart: keep a close watch
- My eyes: keep open
- My "ends:" "keep out for ties that bind"
- Easy for me to me true
- I'm a fool
- Proof I'm true:
- End each day alone
- You're on my mind
- Day
- Night
- Happiness
- I'd turn the tide for you
- I walk the line
- Reasons you keep me true:
- You're a got "a way"
- You "give me cause"
- You're mine
Or, instead of delivering this disaster (which probably takes 5 minutes), Johnny sings "I Walk the Line" in 2 minutes 44 seconds. Which approach is more effective, efficient, powerful? This doesn't mean we should all start singing when we need to deliver a message. Rather, determine the message first, and then select a medium. Don't lead with PowerPoint.


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WEST KELOWNA — Premier Christy Clark says she's trying to get the mix right before British Columbia permits the sale of beer and wine in grocery stores.
Clark watered down the provincial appetite for alcohol sales in grocery stores during a news conference Wednesday and poured out a dozen other likely changes to B.C. liquor regulations.
She also suggested beer-and-wine sales in grocery stores still needs work.
Clark's Liberal government is reviewing B.C.'s liquor laws, saying rules and regulations governing alcohol require modernization.
Last month, Liberal parliamentary secretary John Yap submitted a report to the Justice Ministry that included 70 recommendations, including what he said was overwhelmingly the most popular wish among British Columbians, allowing beer-and-wine sales in grocery stores.
Clark said she's aware British Columbians support the convenience of beer-and-wine sales in grocery stores by a four-to-one margin, but the government has public-safety concerns.
The Justice Ministry stated at the completion of the liquor review that 75 per cent of all comments — more than 3,587 private emails and letters, 188 stakeholder submissions, and 4,364 blog comments — were in favour of more convenient access to beer-and-wine sales.
"It was an overwhelming support from citizens to find a way to make it more convenient for people," said Clark. "John (Yap) has recommended finding a way to put beer and wine in grocery stores. I'm concerned about the public-safety aspect of that."
Clark said when it comes to selling beer and wine in grocery stores her government must weigh public convenience, safety and the promotion of B.C. products.
"I'm concerned about the public safety aspect of that," she said. "We need to pay real close attention to that, at the same time we are making sure that B.C. products benefit from it, and health and safety is protected. But the public told us really clearly that they want convenience. We're trying to see if we can make that work."
Among the dozen recommendations announced by Clark was permitting winemakers, craft brewers and speciality distillers to sell their products at farmers' markets and secondary-tasting rooms.
Private liquor-store operators say selling beer and wine in grocery stores threatens their livelihoods and poses risks for alcohol sales to minors.


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The Chumby 8 deserves a beer. As does Chumby Industries. After years of struggling through the growing pains of their beanbag years and an adolescent identity crisis under the Sony Dash and Insignia Infocast brands, both the company and its product have finally reached maturity.
Older and wiser, the $199 Chumby 8 is a lot easier to explain to people than it was in the pre-iPad era. With its 8-inch touch screen and selection of customizable applications, it's essentially a tablet without the benefit of portability. You load it up with your photos, music, and videos, sync it with your social networks and calendars, and use it as an easy little in-between device for accessing your favorite digital content. At least, that's the idea.
Unfortunately, the widespread use of high-end touch-screen devices has also led to increased expectations when it comes to speed and user interface. In spite of many improvements under the hood, the Chumby can still test your patience if there's something specific and immediate you want to accomplish.
Breaking away from its legacy as a touch-screen beanbag, the Chumby 8 cuts a trim figure with a modern photo-frame-like design that looks like a boomerang from the side. The device is 8.75 inches wide, 6.75 inches tall, and 5.5 inches deep, giving it a steady base against your touch-screen-jabbing finger.
On the left side you'll find a Tic-Tac-size power button near the top and a pair of memory card slots at the base that can accept SD, MMC, MS, and Compact Flash. There's a speaker grille on each side that can be used to crank your Internet radio or locally stored tunes loud enough to wake you up or keep you rockin' at your desk.
On the top edge, above the Chumby 8's antiglare 800x600-pixel-resolution, 8-inch screen, there's a proper inch-wide button affectionately called the "smash bar." It basically acts as a home button to take you back to the top of the main menu, but pulls double duty as an alarm clock snooze button, as well. Flip the Chumby 8 around, and you'll notice four sockets on the back: one for power, one for audio output, and two full-size USB ports for hosting music or photos.
Overall, the Chumby 8's design is sturdy, functional, and pleasing to the eye from just about every angle. Unlike the softball-size Chumby devices of the past, this latest model is a little large to work well as a glorified alarm clock. We picture the Chumby 8 more as a living room accessory for displaying photos, playing music, or showing headlines. But really, it's meant to be a multipurpose device, and its design is adaptable.
Like the Apple iPad, the Chumby 8 has a selection of core features and an app catalog for adding tons of third-party content (news, games, videos, social networks, and so on).
The main menu offers options for Channels, Apps, Music, Photos, and Alarms. The Channels option offers a selection of apps based on themes such as sports, news, comedy, and kid-friendliness. Within a channel, each app rotates out automatically after a predetermined amount of time or can be pinned to the screen temporarily.
To add more apps to your selected channel, you can dive into the Chumby catalog of more than 1,500 apps (all free and divided into useful categories) and add or delete them at your whim. The ability to browse and add apps directly from the Chumby's screen is a new feature that previously had to be accomplished using the browser on your computer. You still need a computer to set up and associate the Chumby 8 with a free registered Chumby account, but after that initial step, the rest of the Chumby experience can be tweaked directly from the device.
Another new feature for Chumby is an integrated Web browser for exploring content linked within apps, such as Twitter or Facebook. The browser is pretty bare bones, and can't be accessed as a standalone feature. It's just there for those times when an app (such as a news reader) links out to Web content. Once the browser is open, you can scroll pages and click other links on the page--but there's no bookmarking, no URL bar, and nothing approaching a standard browser experience. Still, it's better than nothing, and Chumby loyalists should be happy with the new addition and the added dimension it affords link-heavy apps such as Twitter and Facebook.


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NICOLE GOODKIND - Bloomberg recently released the Bloomberg Billionaires Index which ranks the world's billionaires on a daily, instead of yearly, basis.
The Daily Ticker sat down with Bloomberg Billionaires Editor Matt Miller to discuss who the big winners and losers were, new additions to the index, and what billionaires can teach us about our own finances.
Money can't buy happiness goes the old adage, but if it could Amancio Ortega would be floating on cloud nine.
Ortega is a relatively obscure 76-year-old retail magnate and founder of the Spanish company Inditex SA. Inditex owns and operates various clothing brands with over 5,402 stores around the globe; the crown jewel of Inditex is Zara, which has over 1,600 store locations.
Between January and October of 2012, Ortega earned more than $18 billion - that's around $66million a day. During this short period he usurped Warren Buffett to become the third wealthiest person in the world with a net worth valued at $53.6billion.
Ortega was born to an impoverished railway worker and had to drop out of school at 13 to work. He began as a delivery boy for a clothing shop and worked his way up to become a salesperson. While working retail Ortega had the idea to sell inexpensive versions of quilted bathrobes, claiming it was unfair that only wealthy woman could afford to dress well. He used this as the founding principle behind the rest of his retail ventures and built his empire on top of it.
Ortega's rapid gain corresponds with a general rise in retail stocks. Cheap supplies and increasing demand for moderately priced clothing have made it a good year for retailers. Nine out of the world's 25 richest people made their fortunes in retail, according to the Bloomberg Index.
Physics tells us that what goes up must come down and unfortunately that's exactly what happened to some billionaires' fortunes this year.
Ricardo Salinas Pliego who runs Grupo Elektra in Mexico is the biggest loser on the list. Pliego lost $9.1billion year-to-date. His net worth is now $11.7billion, making him the eightieth richest person in the world. The banking and media tycoon has seen the value of his stock holdings nearly cut in half since April 2012.
Another famous loser is Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. Before Facebook's IPO, Zuckerberg was estimated to be worth up to $20billion. The social network's stock has underperformed since its May stock market debut Zuckerberg's net worth has dropped by $10.7billion. But he's still the world's 88th richest person.
Bloomberg was able to uncover ten new billionaires who had never before been on an international wealth ranking.
Dirce Navarro de Camargo has become Brazil's wealthiest woman after inheriting her late husband's industrial empire, Camargo Correa SA. Camargo is the world's 60th richest person with a net worth of $13.1billion. Elaine Marshall owns a 15% stake in Koch Industries, with a net worth of $12.9billion. She ranks as the 69th richest person in the world. Marshall, who is America's 4th richest woman, inherited the shares from her late husband, E Pierce Marshall.
Marshall's last public appearance was in 1994 when her father-in-law's widow, Anna Nicole Smith, became entangled in a long legal battle over his trust. Marshall was ultimately granted his shares in Koch and now lives a quiet life in Dallas, Texas.
"Billionaires do not become billionaires by getting into a diversified mutual fund or investing in an ETF or investing in the S&P Index Fund," Miller tells The Daily Ticker. "You get rich by building equity in a very concentrated position that is typically one big company."
Most billionaires are also in the retail or commodity industries, he says. "Retail is a huge presence," Miller notes, adding that 26 billionaires on Bloomberg's list started their careers in retail.
Twenty-two billionaires on the list have made their fortunes in technology, and 14 are a part of a family business. Overall, "it's been a great year for billionaires," Miller says. "If you look at the top 100 everyday, traditionally they've been up. The S&P is up for the year and private fortunes track public markets." Daily Ticker